| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Played For: | Hartford Whalers |
| Birth Date: | May 23, 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
| Draft: | 46th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1976 |
| Draft Team: | Atlanta Flames |
| Wha Draft: | 65th overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1976 |
| Wha Draft Team: | San Diego Mariners |
| Career Start: | 1976 |
| Career End: | 1980 |
Richard S. Hodgson (born May 23, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 6 games for the Hartford Whalers during the 1979–80 season.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1971–72 | Kamloops Rockets | BCJHL | 59 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Kamloops Rockets | BCJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 65 | 8 | 44 | 52 | 174 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 34 | ||
| 1974–75 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 56 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 221 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 50 | 7 | 48 | 55 | 168 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 62 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1977–78 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 76 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 180 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||
| 1978–79 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 75 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 167 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 75 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 186 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980–81 | Kamloops Cowboys | BCSHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 245 | 59 | 98 | 157 | 494 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 57 | ||||
| CHL totals | 213 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 448 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||||
| NHL totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||